anneau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French anneau, from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”).

Cognates in regional French languages: Franco-Provençal anèu, Gallo anè, aniao, anot Norman anné, Occitan anèl, Picard èniau.

Cognates with Catalan anell, Corsican anellu, Galician anel, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Romanian inel, Sicilian aneḍḍu, Spanish anillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.no/

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• Homophones: anaux, annaux, anneaux

Noun

anneau m (plural anneaux)

1. ring (circular shape)
2. ring (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger)
3. (astronomy) ring
4. (juggling) ring
5. (nautical) cringle

Further reading

• “anneau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French anel.

Noun

anneau m (plural anneaulx)

1. ring (metal band)

Descendants

• French: anneau

Welsh

Etymology

an- (“un-”) +‎ deau (“right”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈneːaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aˈneːa/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈneːai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /aˈneːɛ/

Adjective

anneau (feminine singular anneau, plural anneau, equative mor anneau, comparative mwy anneau, superlative mwyaf anneau)

1. awkward, clumsy, unskilful

   Antonyms: chwithig, lletchwith, trwsgl, anfedrus

2. unfair, underhand

   Synonyms: annheg, dan din

Derived terms

• anneheuig (“clumsy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anneau

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anneau	unchanged	unchanged	hanneau

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “anneau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies